Chapter 410: The Player's Regret, the Great War is About to Restart

This time, without the appearance of the Seed of Immortality, life was like a candle flame; as it was blown out, the whole of it passed away.

What remained in place was only an empty shell, which, with the back-surging night wind, suddenly turned into dust and powder, swirling into the night sky, completely dissipating and returning to zero.

A sound of sobbing arose.

It was the sorrow of the lingering shadows of the living.

Although they were actually already dead.

They would likewise return to slumber next.

However, since they could still remain in the world for a while longer, it was not wrong to treat them as the living; having emotional changes was also a very normal thing.

Yun was also deeply sighing and sorrowful.

She was someone with many inner thoughts; as she felt this emotion and mourned, she couldn't help but let some of her inner thoughts flow out.

"The flower loved by His Excellency Lie is actually a flower planted for others, a flower for the departed, isn't it? I don't know when it started, but he tried to plant a flower for every person who passed away. It does not grow, it does not wither; it is planted and then vanishes. It is for remembrance, for mourning, for sorrow, because he truly cannot accept..."

Muttering this, she finally realized what she was saying and hurriedly stopped, carefully peeking toward the Holy God.

Because according to her understanding, Apostle Lie was actually opposed to the Holy-Dark War.

As long as there is war, people will die, not to mention the previous Holy-Dark War, which even caused the end of the Fluorspar Disease spreading, directly killing over ninety-five percent of the people! The Holy God had no words, the hanging lamps silently illuminated.

Yun breathed a sigh of relief, then thought that if one were to look at it over a longer period of time, one could see that Apostle Lie had actually experienced countless partings and deaths in his past few hundred years of life, had planted countless flowers, and according to past rumors, even seemed to have become somewhat "numb."

He actually did not want to truly become like that, which is why he chose to retreat, somewhat evasively hiding here in the garden.

Unable to accept, or rather, unwilling to accept?

Du En thought this to himself.

The Flower of the Departed, no life and no withering, planted and then vanishing; this was likely the awakening of a divine ability, a fragment of the Dao attached to the other party, but because there was no correct cultivation, or rather, the person himself could not face it, he chose to hide.

Because he loves it and hates it, he walks into the labyrinth.

But even so, whether it was the Gap Flower, or the Life-Sharing Vine, or even thinking more boldly, the lingering shadows of the living this time, all of them good and upright people, might all have come about because of this.

What a pity, although the seed existed and had taken root, it ultimately failed to bloom...

"What a pity."

Within the Immortal Gate, there was also regret.

Meng Changqing couldn't help but speak to the True Monarch Buyi opposite him, appearing very blunt, "That kind of excellent seedling, how on earth did it rot in your hands?"

If it had been cultivated well, by now our sect would probably have one more True Monarch, right? Because divine abilities can be said to be the admission ticket for a heaven-gifted genius; those who can comprehend them can basically be called favored by heaven and can become a prodigy!

Moreover, there are two gods in the Life Source Star Realm, and other outstanding figures...

Meng Changqing thought carefully and immediately felt that this True Monarch Buyi was truly a disaster!

How many good seedlings had he ruined?

"If you hadn't messed around, the current power would have already expanded..."

"Junior Brother."

True Monarch Buyi interrupted Meng Changqing's words, his tone flat and emotionless, "First, we must establish a premise."

They are not of the same path; even if one kept them, would they truly be a help? Facing this dark talk, Meng Changqing sneered and was about to retort.

Whether it was True Monarch Huiqing or True Monarch Buyi, the conduct of these guys was bad one and all, yet those outstanding talents were mostly people with great ambitions; they could be said to be like fire and water, their Daos completely at odds!

Unlike me, who is kind to others...

"I have given them all a chance."

True Monarch Buyi's words interrupted the other's thoughts again, "For Lie, I first cast the Gap Flower, then put down the Time Flower; once, twice, but never a third time. Since even the processed Time Flower didn't make him stand out, then, so be it."

As for the residual ash of the Time Flower, it can just serve as fertilizer for others, for Du En, or, the Holy God.

Meng Changqing was left speechless for a moment.

Because thinking about it carefully, the Human Heart Gap Flower and the Time Wheel Flower, these two levels of rare flowers, actually appearing together in the current Life Source Star Realm, was indeed somewhat unnatural.

Mainly because the environment wasn't very good.

The situation in the Life Source Star Realm was actually a bit better; in the dark, True Monarch Buyi mobilized resources, and in the light, the gods combed through the star realm's spiritual veins, which allowed for the accumulation of the boundless spiritual sea in the interlayer.

Of course, it had now become a sea of disease.

Overall, it was obviously superior to the Queguang Star Realm; the magnitude of spiritual energy there couldn't even support a perfected Great Cultivator.

However, no matter what, it still had its limitations.

The quality was insufficient!

Once, ten thousand stars' worth of spiritual energy was extracted; many stars that could have nurtured seventh or eighth-rank spiritual veins and lands were now dim and lusterless, which could be called hanging by a thread.

In such a situation, the fact that the Life Source Star Realm still had so many extraordinary items seemed a bit abnormal.

The reason it was only "a bit" was because rare items like the Gap Flower specialized in the word "rare"; sometimes, who knows if they just like to run to such places?

On the contrary, the Time Wheel Flower, although it also seemed special, was after all a spiritual flower with fixed grades and ranks, and coupled with its ability to become a demon, it was entirely the handiwork of True Monarch Buyi.

But looking at it now, it was actually all your handiwork!

Meng Changqing was somewhat speechless.

Facing the clearly emotional gaze from this side, True Monarch Buyi was just like a stone, not caring at all.

Meng Changqing frowned and began to probe indirectly: "At this stage, can it be considered halfway through?"

"Who knows."

True Monarch Buyi didn't know, and precisely because of this, he was paying close attention and recording.

The effort he spent in the Life Source Star Realm was obviously a lot, to the point that even Meng Changqing suspected that the so-called Immortal Body Grand Plan might have been stitched on later.

It certainly looked like the main part now, but specifically, who could say for sure?

Or rather, once this stubborn, unyielding stone of a person made the decision that this plan wouldn't work, he would likely turn the page on the mysteries gathered from this observation and start over, or perhaps change to an entirely new plan.

In short, everything in the Life Source Star Realm, in the eyes of True Monarch Buyi, was just an experiment, and all the lives, various demands, and countless thoughts within it were, in the end, just elements of the experiment.

Time and time again, one scene after another.

It is just like a game; if the first playthrough doesn't work, you start a second, and if that still doesn't work, you change the game genre. As for the various characters that appear within, they are, in the end, merely characters.

Meng Changqing sighed, then stared intently.

At this moment, Du En raised his eyes and looked over.

It seemed very coincidental, but he immediately looked away again.

Because Du En had not been looking over at all; he was simply shifting his gaze. Yet Meng Changqing was suddenly startled.

Because, given his current stance and demeanor, whether he should say it or not, it was as if he were watching a game—watching a role-playing game where real people were participating.

Those outside the game are players, and they are also gamblers.

Why, not long ago, he had even won two Star-Dusts...

For a moment, Meng Changqing's thoughts were in turmoil.

True Lord Buyi noticed it immediately.

"Junior Brother, you are too young."

His flat, level evaluation caused the other to instantly regain his composure.

"Indeed, when it comes to life experience, I am perhaps far inferior to that Apostle Lie. After all, I am less than two hundred years old, and more than half of that time has been spent in cultivation."

Meng Changqing said this, as if mocking himself.

In truth, he had secretly begun to reflect on himself.

The regret and sentimentality from just a moment ago, the high-and-mighty tone he had used the moment he spoke, and many of his past behaviors—he had, without realizing it, always liked to appear condescending... He believed his own philosophy and Dao path were not wrong, but he also needed to change his current attitude toward handling things.

Perhaps it was the influence of approaching the Integration Stage; after all, in his eyes, the world was already about to undergo a complete change in form, and even time and space could be controlled by him.

True Lord Buyi said nothing more.

Meng Changqing finished his reflection quickly and calmed down once again.

They turned their full attention back to the projection in front of them and continued to watch this "real-life game."

After slightly mourning the martyrs, Du En and his group quickly set off.

Leaving the completely ruined Sacred God Garden, they had to return to Spirit Spring Village first.

His own injuries and damages needed to be recovered, and the Gap Flower within the Living Being's Shadow also needed to be extracted.

This was simple; Yun had already received the transmitted technique and would stay there to help extract and aggregate it.

Then, they would bring Dust Ash back, and subsequently, they would have to work through the night to get the puppet army back up and running.

Ore! All kinds of ore! The Sacred God was not stingy with his family fortune now; the puppet Hollow Salamanders had already begun their operations, heading to designated locations to swallow large mouthfuls of various special raw ores or stored supplies, then transporting them back to Spirit Spring Village.

Recovering from injuries, gathering resources, building an army...

Because next, the location of the wonder Rain Bone was once the territory of the Dark God. After the world's malady, the Dark Kingdom had made a comeback. When Yun had gone to scout earlier, he had seen the advance troops stationed there, and it was estimated that more soldiers and armor had already been deployed.

In other words, starting from collecting the Rain Bone, they would have to go to war with the Dark Kingdom.

The Second Sacred-Dark War was about to break out!

The air was permeated with the scent of impending war, and even the rampant Fluorite Malady seemed somewhat dormant because of it. Of course, in reality, it was because the number of the afflicted was decreasing rapidly.

Even those powerful individuals who had devoured others and emerged victorious were no exception.

The reason was naturally not that they had no more active targets around them and thus became docile, staying in one place without moving. On the contrary, it was because they were too active that they were decreasing so rapidly.

"Ah..."

The dying roar sounded exceptionally ferocious, vibrating the air and driving the wild currents of the interlayer Malady Sea.

This former apostle of the Sacred God was fighting to the very last moment. Even though he had already been defeated, perhaps due to the persistence of his obsession, or perhaps due to the torment of the Fluorite Malady, he remained unyielding, opening his mouth to roar and shout.

Bang! A fist wearing heavy armor artifacts shattered the opponent's head directly.

The Dark Kingdom's Great General looked on with cold eyes and casually discarded the remaining corpse.

All around him, on the scarred and devastated earth, lay a dense carpet of the corpses and remains of the afflicted.

From a certain moment on—perhaps it was Apostle Lie regaining his reason, or perhaps it was his death—in any case, there was a trigger that made the malady-fallen apostles notice the existence of this Great General, and they all, in their madness, rushed toward this side in unison.

They even drove away those powerful individuals who had killed and swallowed everything in an area and were completely twisted by the malady.

It was as if they were blowing the horn of counterattack at this moment, letting out roars of revenge... and then, they were all blown to pieces.

The Dark God Great General was almost completely unscathed; he easily crushed these avengers. That kind of attack even penetrated to the source, capable of shattering even the embryonic form of the Undying Seed. Naturally, it was impossible for a complete Undying Seed to emerge after the apostles died.

Even though he was only at the mid-stage of the Spirit Severing realm, a weak genius on par with Du En, he could easily do what he could not. The main reason for this lay in his constitution!

A supreme physical body!

A spirit body consistent with the one possessed by Jiang Ying, the mother source of the Fluorite Malady!

Naturally, the Fluorite Malady, created with this constitution as a blueprint, could be easily dismantled and crushed as long as one could pinpoint and grasp the key.

For example, right now, the Dark God Great General shifted his gaze to the other side.

His own Great Serpent mount was coiled among the ruins and craters, covered in wounds, clearly caused during the previous battle.

Although the apostles had failed to take their revenge, that was only directed at the Great General; as for this Tier 5 Great Serpent, it was naturally very easily defeated.

Even though it had eaten the meat of that Great Flood Dragon and gained quite a good enhancement, and its strength was beginning to rise, there was a process to that, so there was no substantial improvement; its strength level was just that of an ordinary Spirit Severing Great Demon.

Therefore, not only was its defeat rapid, but it had also been infected with the Fluorite Malady! At this moment, it began to penetrate deep into the demon's source, pain began to surge to its head, and its body began to show signs of deformity. It could barely restrain it, opening its eyes to look at its approaching master; within them was pity, but also a trace of brutality that was rapidly emerging and quickly taking the lead.

Even the Sacred God's apostles could not endure or withstand the malady; it was impossible for it to withstand it on its own. If not for the unexpected harvest today, it would already be a malady-ridden Great Serpent by now, starting to madly devour its master before being blown to pieces.

"Ying ying ying~"

Looking at the corpses everywhere, the black smoke curling in the distance, the remnants of various great powers and techniques, and then seeing its master raise his hand, the Great Serpent was about to cry, unable to help but emit a pitiful sound.

Don't kill me, Master!

That was roughly the meaning.

It was also because of this thought that its brutality emerged even more rapidly.

Pain, torment, madness, cruelty...

Once the Fluorite Malady infects, it begins to proliferate and deform from the source of the spirit body, and it will quickly spread to the entire body!

"What are you thinking about?"

The Dark God General sighed, as if with some regret, and threw a punch with astonishing speed.

You're asking what I'm thinking about?!

The great serpent's violent madness took the upper hand, and it was about to launch a desperate, near-death counterattack.

But in its current state, it was impossible for it to react in time, and that punch had already struck it.

Boom—the mountain-like great serpent sprayed blood, rolled over, crashed through many things, and finally came to a stop.

Huh? I didn't explode into a pulp? It knew its master's strength better than anyone; they could easily blow it to pieces! But now, surprisingly, it hadn't. Not only that, but it also felt light, extremely light! Its illness was cured! (End of chapter)